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As it was promised, Bravo did not delay the season 2 premiere of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"
in the wake of Russell Armstrong's death. In fact, he was one of the
highlights on the Monday, September 5 episode. The show opened with the
cast gathering at Adrienne Maloof's house to talk about the tragedy, but
Taylor Armstrong was not involved in this part.

The housewives said they never saw "any sign of this," and Kim Richards
assumed that Taylor "wasn't aware of the financial mess [Russell] was
in." Being honest, Lisa Vanderpump admitted she never felt connected to
Russell. Kyle Richards added, "It was his choice," before claiming, "For me, it's very hard to move forward."

The ladies were worried about Taylor's condition, and they agreed to
focus on supporting Taylor. "The things we were told about their
marriage was heartbreaking," Adrienne added, while Camille Grammer
chimed in, "I think what we were doing was just protecting our friend."

After the four-minute mourning segment, the show offered glimpses of
dramatic moments from the first season, before moving on with new
scenes. Taylor was featuring shopping with Kyle. The latter was also
seen packing up with Mauricio to move from their house, while Camille
was trying to simplify her life.

At a dinner party, Lisa's husband Ken Todd made a shocking statement to
respond to Taylor's admission that she and Russell were using
psychotherapy to work on their marriage. "If I had to go see a therapist
to make my marriage better I would feel weak," he said, sending Taylor
crying in the bathroom.

Kyle went to comfort Taylor, but Lisa followed them only to insult
Taylor by calling her act "manipulative". Ken and Kyle had a heated
argument, before Taylor returned to tell Ken, "I'm really fragile right
now, I'm going through so much that it's a lot." Staying away from the
war of words, Camille said, "For a change I wasn't part of the drama."